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SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibody Profiles Distinguish Patients with Moderate from Severe COVID-19

De Campos Mata, L.; Pinero, J.; Tejedor Vaquero, S.; Tacho-Pinot, R.; Kuksin, M.; Arrieta Aldea, I.; Rodrigo Melero, N.; Carolis, C.; Furlong, L.; Cerutti, A.; Villar-Garcia, J.; Magri, G.

2020-12-20 infectious diseases
10.1101/2020.12.18.20248461 medRxiv
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The production of SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies is widely considered as a key mechanism for COVID-19 resolution and protection. However, beyond their protective function, antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 may also participate in disease pathogenesis. To explore the potential relationship between virus-specific humoral responses and COVID-19 immunopathology, we measured serum antibody classes and subclasses to the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and the nucleoprotein in a cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe disease. We found that RBD-specific IgG1 and IgG3 dominated the humoral response to SARS-CoV-2, were more abundant in severe patients, and positively correlated with several clinical parameters of inflammation. In contrast, a virus-specific IgA2 response skewed toward RBD rather than NP associated with a more favorable clinical course. Interestingly, RBD-dominant IgA2 responses were mostly detected in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, suggesting the possible involvement of intrinsically tolerogenic gut immune pathways in the attenuation of virus-induced inflammation and disease resolution.

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